Thanks - I haven't listened to his stuff yet, but this reader (judging from the linked stuff above and the article at reason magazine) is also supposed to be pretty good.posted by prettyboyfloyd at 12:40 PM on December 19, 2007

Listened to Pride and Prejudice earlier in the year and it's very well read. (Also Frankenstein, which was ok and Dracula, which was a bit of a chore to be honest. Starting Moby Dick after Christmas)posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:44 PM on December 19, 2007

My favourite Librivox reader is Andy Minter. His reading of The Prisoner of Zenda is fantastic. I've also enjoyed his reading of "Man Sized in Marble", in one of the Ghost Story collections, and Four Max Carrados Detective Stories.

I also liked The Big Bow Mystery, read by Adrian Praetzellis.posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 12:51 PM on December 19, 2007

Sarrasine by Balzac is a lot of fun, and the reader is appropriately hammy. And it has a bonus Roland Barthes tie-in!posted by pamccf at 6:18 PM on December 19, 2007

For a really loooong listen, there's The History of England (12 chapters released so far). I love it, and it helped me understand US history in a way I never had before. But you have to be willing to accept that Macaulay drops a LOT of names, and even on my fourth or fifth listen, I'm still not sure of all the noblemen involved. (It doesn't help that whenever Joe Schmoe gets made Earl of Someplace, he'll be referred to as Someplace from then on out, and then of course in the next generation, his eldest son will be Earl of Someplace, so you'll have to remember which Someplace was which.... but it's all good fun!)posted by happyturtle at 11:39 PM on December 19, 2007

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